Watercolour and ink on paper

See also: this chicken's blog

WV1536

2010

AZ

"Just for today

I could try to live through this day only

Not deal with all life's problems

Just for today..."

(George Harrison lyrics)

Ink and coloured pencil on $teinbach paper

#319 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Scotland

Result: Day 14

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook

Location: B&B in Tarbert

Note: ... the scanner really hiccuped on this one...the colours are very subtle. THIS image is about us getting used to driving on the other side of the road again...traumatic like usual. Much writing to be added below the illustration...

WV1268

2008

AZ

"I'm a honky tonk man and I can't seem to stop

Love to give the girls a whirl to the music of an old jukebox

When my money's all gone I'm on the telephone

Singin' hey hey mama can your daddy come home..."

(Dwight Yoakam Songs)

Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper

#243 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Image of Chipa with scarf + cat

Result: Chipa Neko

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Sakura Micron 005, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2” x 11”)

Location: Home

Note: The temperature has done a real turn around from Monday, so off goes the A/C and on goes the furnace. Frost tonight. Just brrr. So it’s perfect timing to be inspired by this Harajuku regular, Chipa & her wonderful blue/green hair. Blue cat’s are on my brain this week :3

...also, I wanted to work on creating depth with the scarf/hair. ;)

#316 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Dublin

Result: Day 10

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Sakura Micron 005 & Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Zeta series sketchbook

Location: B&B Dublin

Note: Hubby had a list of OLD pubs he wanted to stand at the bar and drink a Guinness in. That...is pretty much what we did in Dublin.

Watercolour and ink on paper

#246 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: cats + origami + cold meds

Result: Nekogami / orineko

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Sakura Micron 005, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")

Location: Home

Note: I blame this entirely on the decongestant medication I am taking for my head cold.

Having some quiet time with pen and paper.

Drawn entirely with patterns I've never, or very rarely, used before

#228 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Currently planning my summer holiday

Result: Places I want to get cozy with.

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Sakura Micron 005, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")

Location: Home

Note: This summer I will be packing up my sketchbook & drawing things for a 3 week trip. Tickets are booked & the serious planning is underway. Dublin will be just a 36 hour pub crawl..I mean layover, sandwiched between Spain & Scotland. The latter I've been wanting to explore more of ( Islay) and Barcelona is on my bucket list. Good times are on the to do list :D

Inks: Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrun calligraphy & DeAtramentis Document Fuschia

WV1786

2013

B

""Ooh yeah you're amazing

We think you are really cool

We'd give you a part my love

But you'd have to play the fool"

(Kater Bush lyrics)

Ink and gouache on $teinbach paper

WV1310

2009

AZ

La chanteuse qui a tout donné...

Ink on $teinbach paper

Watercolour and ink on paper

Watercolour and Ink on paper

#235 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: The Great Gatsby

Result: Gatsbee & Daisy

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Sakura Micron 005, Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")

Location: Home

Note: It was just begging to bee done. ;)

Off on a road trip tomorrow so it will be drawings on the go! See you Monday! :)

WV1775

2012

B

A portrait of Marianne Rosenberg (1976)

Ink on $teinbach paper

WV1385

2009

AZ

"Carve your number on my wall

And maybe you will get a call from me

If I needed someone

Ah, ah, ah, ah ..."

(The Beatles, George Harrison)

Ink on $teinbach paper

WV1621

2010

Tracking M.K & Dire Straits !

Ink on $teinbach paper

Training myself to draw has been an interesting exercise. I studied the workds of Nicolas de Crecy, the Rat Rod artists, Stephan Marjoram, R.Crumb, O.Wilson and many others. While I certainly will never develop the kind of talent they had, this has been a good way to "kill time" during the various periods of lockdown here in France during the Covid Pandemic.

Watercolour and ink on paper

...a sprig of variegated porcelain berry vine

Watercolour and ink on paper

WV1661

2010

Radio Gaga!

Coloured pencel and ink on $teinbach paper

#113 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Line from the GiTS OST, Lithium Flower... "she's incredible math"

Result: Binary Coiffure

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen, Faber-Castell Watercolour pencils in a Stillman & Birn Alpha series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")

Location: Home

Note: I had to use the camera to take a picture of this because idiot me got caught up in the ones and zeroes, drawing right to the edge of the binding so scanning it became problematic....and yeah....that is a lot of 1s & 0s *face palm*...I have no idea what possesses me. *>.<!

ANYway the Stillman & Birn sketchbook continues to be awesome. The Faber-Castell watercolour pencils I scrounged up are not surprisingly brilliant and everything works well with my ink so I'm just all kinds of happy :D

Watercolour and ink on paper

Part one in a series of Robert Crumb inspired band posters for Alamedas' summer 2014 events.

See also: this chicken's blog

#167 of 365 Daily Drawings

Inspiration: Thinking of the ghastly Edward Gorey alphabet book...

Result: A is for Anna who walked through the wood.

Materials: Pentel 0.3 HB, Platinum Carbon Fountain Pen in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon series sketchbook ( 21.6 cm 27.9 cm / 8 1/2" x 11")

Location: Home while invaded by extended family. Cue the chaos!

Note: I sat down today to write up my own version of the Gashlycrumb Tinies, but involving untimely deaths that might befall mice. Studying Edward Gorey's drawings is a tremendously good way for me to learn & practice designing full scenes in ink. While his light touch of macabre is inspiring, the only one bearing any resemblance to the book is X ...all others are flights of grim fancy brought to you directly from the bleak depths of my own imagination. It's nice to have a plan B to fall back on if I can't come up with anything else to draw. I call it 26 Demice.

WV1325

2009

AZ

He knows all the chords...

Ink and acrylic on $teinbach paper

WV878

2006

"Jesus freaks out in the street

Handing tickets out for God

Turning back she just laughs

The boulevard is not that bad..."

("Tiny Dancer", Bernie Taupin lyrics 1971)

Coloured pencil and ink on Steinbach paper

Artist: Damian Michaels

Title: The Temple

Medium: Ink on paper

Year: 1997

Size: Approx A5 ?

Collection of Felix Tuszynski, Australia.

WV1756

2012

B

"Ho hey ho...

What's the use of worrying?

What's the use of hurrying?

What's the use of anything?

Ho hey ho..."

(Paul McCartney lyrics)

Ink and gouache on $teinbach paper

Over a year ago when we were confined to avoid spreading a potentially deadly virus, I knew much of my photographic adventures would need to be curtailed. In similar time, something by Stephan Marjoram inspired me to fill a bit of time doing something creative. So I took up ink drawing. Just to see what I could do. I "borrowed" from many different styles as I attempt to explore the medium. And with zero photography projects in the queue I might as well fill this space with something. So here goes.

WV1537/2010

Coloured pencil and ink on $teinbach paper

"Through all the happiness and sorrow

I guess I'd do it all again

Live for today and not tomorrow

It's still the road that never ends..."

(Ozzy Osbourne lyrics)